0
User_gary Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

If I'm not wrong/if I'm not mistaken

I think that they have stopped paying now if I'm not mistaken/if I'm not wrong.
I assumed that they have stopped paying now if I'm/I was not wrong.

Please correct my sentences.
  

Top answer

1. You mix tenses too much in the second sentence. 2.

— Cool Breeze

  • 1.
  • You mix tenses too much in the second sentence.
  • 2.
  • I'm not sure what you mean by "have stopped paying".
  • Perhaps you mean: I think/assume that they have paid by now.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

4 Answers
0
1. You mix tenses too much in the second sentence.

2. I'm not sure what you mean by "have stopped paying".

Perhaps you mean: I think/assume that they have paid by now. I hope I'm right.

CB
0
0
"think" or "assumed" is redundant if you use "if I'm not mistaken/ wrong".

I would suggest: If I'm not mistaken, they have stopped paying....

OR

I think they have stopped paying.........
0
0
2. maybe he means: he's no longer paying it <anything he was paying before> now, if i'm not mistaken.
0
0
User_garyPlease correct my sentences.
I think that they have stopped paying now if I'm not mistaken/if I'm not wrong.

If I'm not mistaken, they've stopped paying.

I assumed that they have stopped paying now if I'm/I was not wrong.

If I'm not mistaken, they've stopped paying.

CJ
0

Related Questions